Cigarette former



Marh'3o,1926. 1,579,061

F. B. BARSTOW CIGARETTE FORMER Filed Feb. 24,` 1925 gwuentoz iwf/' Y Toall lwhom it may concern:

Patented Mar. 30,1926,

UNITED STATES' FRAN K B. IBARSTOW, OE vIlRfIElI-IOIBO'JTI-Il,vMASSACHUSETTS.

CIGARETTE FORMER.

A'pplicat'on led February 24,711925.V Serial No.`111,055..

Be it known that I, FRANK-B. BARs'row, a citizen of the United States,residing at Rehoboth, in the county of Bristol and State ofMassachusetts, have invented new and useful Improvements inCigaretteFoimers, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements incigarette formers, and the primary' object thereof is to provide acigarette former which has 'improved means for uniformly feeding andpackingv the tobacco inthe paper wrapper. y

A further objectI of theinvention is to provide packing meansv which canbe easily manipulated, which is of simple construction and which can beeconomically produced.

A still further object of the invention is to providefpacking meanswhich acts to gradually move the cigarette away from the former as thepacking progresses until completion, when the cigarette isl entirelydisengaged.

In the drawingsz- Fig. 1 is a longitudinal sectional view of theinvention;

Figure 2 is a top plan view and Figure 3 is aV sectional View online 3-3of Fig. 1. v Y f In proceeding in accordance with the present invention,aY tube l is employed of a diameter and length'equaling that of thecigarette 'io be rolled. A funnel or hopper 2 is connected to one end ofthe tube. i

The plunger or packing element is of spiral formation and is preferablycon-l structed oir a pair. of wires 6 and 7 which Vlatter are bent atone end intocircular ortremities 4: and 5 divergently relatedl to 'lform apair of angularly related spreading or agitatmg :[mgers.- Y

In operation, the paper-wrapper VV-isV woundl about theexterior of thetube l and its outerend twisted at W toclose same against the egress ofthe tobacco. The to'- bacco is now placed in the funnel or hopper,whereupon the plunger is placed in the tube and moved inwardly andoutwardly and rotated, the plunger due to its spiral formation causingthe tobacco to move downwardly,

time the cigarette is gradually moved 0H of the tube until uponcompletion, it is entirely from the forming tube as completed untilfinally completed when the cigarette is entirely moved out of engagementwith the forming tube or cylinder.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim .as Anew and desire tosecure by Letters Patent is `1. In a cigarette former, a hollow formingmember adapted to receive the cigarette- Wrapper thereon, and a. plungerreceivable in the member andl composed of two wire strands twistedtogether to provide a spiral formation, the strands at one end havingabutting loops'conjointly forming a handle and having opposite ends freeand divergently related to form angular agitating lingers. I

the agitating fingers effecting even'or uni- E `form packing of thetobacco and at the'saine 2.1In`a cigarette former, a hollow formingmember 'adapted to receive the cigaretteV wrapper thereon, kand aplunger in the inembercomposed of'wvire twisted to form ya spiral shankand having the' ends of the wire free and extended,outwardlyl to formagitating fingers.` l

In testimony'wher'eof I vhave signed Vmy name to this specilication. ,f

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FRANK i5., BARsTOW.. i

